--- title: «Free skins» and scams in games — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: ««Free skins» and scams in games», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Sam saw an ad: «FREE SKINS! --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / «Free skins» and scams in games # «Free skins» and scams in games Lesson 444 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 32 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/0/) — Sam saw an ad: «FREE SKINS! - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/1/) — Click here, log in with Roblox.» The page looked just like Roblox. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/2/) — He typed his username and password. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/3/) — Next morning his account was gone — two years of items, sold to a stranger. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/4/) — He and his mum wrote to Roblox, but nothing came back. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/5/) — Sam felt sick and stupid for a week. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/6/) — His mum said the shame belongs to the scammer, not to him, and that real game companies never ask for your password on another website. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/7/) — Scammers often pretend to have power. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/8/) — A player told Priya, «I'm a mod (a moderator, a helper who runs the game chat), give me your password so I can verify your account.» Her dad said «Real mods never ask for passwords. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/9/) — Block and report.» In Fortnite someone offered Jayden in Atlanta «double V-bucks» if he sent his gift card code first. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/12/) — Nobody doubles your stuff for free. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/13/) — Other scams use excitement or panic. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/14/) — Leo got a message in Minecraft: «You won a free rank! - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/16/) — An app told Mia «Spin the wheel for free gems!» She won — «watch 10 ads to claim». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/17/) — After 10 ads: «Spin again!» She watched 30 ads and got nothing. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/18/) — The app earned money from every ad she watched. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/19/) — Some tricks come from people you know, or seem to. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/20/) — Noah got «click this link, it's so funny lol» from his friend's account. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/22/) — Noah asked him on another app — the account had been hacked. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/23/) — A YouTube video promised a «secret glitch for unlimited coins, 100% working»; the comments said «it works!» from accounts with no pictures and the same words. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/24/) — Zara wasted an hour. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/25/) — Kai paid a kid at school £5 for a «rare» item that turned out to be common. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/26/) — And Grace's friend said «My cousin can hack you free Robux, just give him your login» — Grace said no, and a month later the same cousin stole the friend's own account. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/27/) — Anyone who can hack for you can hack you. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/28/) — Real game companies never ask for your password on another website or in chat. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/29/) — Moderators and game staff never need your password; someone who asks is pretending. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/32/) — Emails that threaten to delete your account unless you act at once are made to panic you. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/34/) — A message from a friend's account that doesn't sound like them may come from a hacker, and its link may steal your account too; check with the friend another way. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/35/) — Comments saying «it works!» can be fake, written by accounts with no history. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/36/) — Before you buy or trade an item, check what it is really worth. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/37/) — A person who offers to hack things for you can also hack you. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/38/) — Being tricked is not your fault; telling a grown-up quickly helps limit the damage. - ← previous: [Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/) - next →: [The older kid's «trade»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)